John told an audience in New York Wednesday, "Our day in the sun has gone, as far as radio play goes. And we're OK with that." He says he and lyricist Bernie Taupin are now focusing on making excellent songs.
John previewed songs from his new album, "The Captain and the Kid," a sequel to his 1975 album, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." He says, "It was really an album about how we struggle with failure. The next 36 years were about struggling with success." "The Captain and the Kid" comes out September 19th.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;